we are so exited, will be going to patong beach in may.my wife & me went over for the first time last may & loved it. we stayed at holiday inn, but this time our grown up children will be also travelling with us. my daughter got a supa deal with jetstar & at patong merlin resort.(hope patong merlin is o.k.) as last year staying at holiday inn made the holiday great.love reading everybodies comments on their return from phuket.

Well Done
Sure you will have a great time both HI and P.Merlin have a terrific following on this forum so I am sure it will be great.
You lucky thing you only have 2 months to wait, my wait is till late August/Sept.

Michelle

the patong merlin is great, infact i will be there on the 8th of april

two weeks to go, arrive from KL on 9th april, 6 nights at HI busakorn then 2 weeks at marina at Karon, looking forward to Coyotes and the Marguritas and will also try Quokkas Bar sounds like a good night out. Cant wait, gettin toey and now that its cooler in Sydney what are we waiting for!!!!!!!!!!!!

Carl

carl, have a great trip. dont forget to tell us about your trip on your return. austin

Please give a report on the Marina in Karon. I have a friend going in July and she will be interested in any feedback.

Have a great trip!

Let us know how it goes!

Try Tiger Bar to

one week to go. and cant wait.

We'll be back in 2 weeks.

Have fun Austin, make sure you take your mojo!

oh behave

Hehehe!

well what a great trip. due to the cyclone in burhma the weather was a bit ordinary.we actually had to stay on phi phi island for one night as our speed boat had broken its steering in the big swell.the tour guides arranged us a ferry back,but as my family were a little shaken up by the seas we deceided to book a room for the night.that aside we drank more than ever before,going to bangla road most nights.playing the nail game etc, it was a ball.the patong merlin was much better than we expected.the breakies were great, the pools , rooms etc all very good.infact
being there with our grown up kids, i feel it was better than our stay at the holiday inn.jetstar were also quite good, as for the discounted flights they were great value for money.note; if you have a late flight out of phuket, request your late checkout when actually booking your trip.we tried to do this over there and the merlin was booked solid so we had to hang around the foyer for most of our last day.i felt that 14 nights was a little too long for me, as around the 12 night mark i was done.but thats me. the suit sellers are still driving people crazy,but after a while you can have some fun with them.most days were approx 35 degrees, far better than the 15 degrees over here. austin

we have also decreased our trip by 2 days, opting to have a xtra 2 in singapore, this being our 2nd trip back
cheers

Gee guys I keep making our trips longer by a few days each year!!!

Austin you are on the money with Jetstar flight home though, as you are there all day. We found this out last year so that is a great piece of advice to anyone else travelling with them. What we do is book one room for an extra night, just so we have got somewhere to keep our stuff have a shower etc before leaving for the airport at about 8 pm. Its a waste of a day if you have to hang around the foyer.

Michelle

Hotels will mind your luggage for you for the day, you don't actually have to stay with it. I understand about the shower, though.

Yes but having the space and the shower is the thing, then you still have all your stuff accesable for the day as well.......and then there is the shower..................

Michelle

Hi, when staying at the Holiday inn, they provide a room that you can use to shower. It is a regular room but without any furnishings. It comes in very handy when you hang around and use the pool etc. then you can shower and be refreshed before heading out to the airport, no need for late check out.
I am sure Patong Merlin would have the same thing if you asked.

I have never heard of a room like this but what a great idea. We alway's stay at the Patong Merlin and havent really needed a late checkout, only once I think, but have got one for our holiday in August as we dont leave the hotel until after 6.30pm but would have to be out of our room by 12.00pm so I would rather pay the extra for the convienence.

If the Patong Merlin have a room that you can use they certainly dont advertise it...Ronnie.

I just checked with Patong Merlin. The hotel provides shower room with soap, shampoo and towel for the guests who leave hotel late. Please contact the reception, then they will open the shower room for you.

Thank's Patty, that's good to know....Ronnie.

yes patong merlin do infact have such a room.but im with aussie1, there is nothing like having a secured room to use for that waiting period.i dont feel content with the curtiousy room, as our luggage sat on show in the foyer all afternoon with many other peoples bags , in the same situation as us. next time i will rectify this little problem. austin

You know the price of the room is alot less than the value of your luggage!!! Even just booking the hotels cheapest room for the day would suffice. I am not sure that a late check out would even work that well cause I would think that would be about 2pm and you would still have 5-6 hours of your luggage sitting arround. Even better if it is a group of you with a couple of rooms you only need to keep one room for the day and split the cost.

Michelle

I have emailed the Merlin and and a late chekout isin't a problem but I would like to think it is later than 2pm?

We have to leave the hotel at 6pm with our transfer to the airport and hope that a late checkout means we can have the room until then. Anyone that has done this at the Patong Merlin your experience and advice would be appreciated......Ronnie.

Hope you are right Ronnie, just think I have read it somewhere. Let us know how you go

Michelle

Hi Ronnie,
I have a late check out at the Patong Merlin. I have my room until 6pm when I have to leave according to the travel vouchers I have from the travel agent.

Leaving tomorrow can't wait, but can wait for the 5.30am start.

Thank's for the advice. Our normal checkout would be 12pm so 2pm wouldent be much of a late checkout, waste of money if it is?
Cant see it being 2pm so think all will be good, thank's again..Ronnie.

well,we have booked our flights for our trip in may & are currently negotiating with some agents for our accommodation, again at the patong merlin. we had such a great time there last year, we could not bring ourselves to try a new hotel.hope to meet some new friends this trip. austin groovy powers